Maharashtra State Tennis Association

Sasikumar Mukund, Siddharth Rawat in quarter finals at MSLTA $25K ITF Men’s Tournament

Mumbai, March 19, 2026: Sasikumar Mukund and Siddharth Rawat entered the singles quarter finals of the MSLTA $25,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament, organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at the Dr. G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre.

Seventh seed Sasikumar Mukund showcased grit and composure, bouncing back from a set down to edge past Stijin Pel of the Netherlands in a marathon three-setter winning 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2.

Sidharth Rawat(Ind) overcame Dev Javia 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in an All Indian affair

Top seed Florent Bax of France cruised into the next round with a commanding 6-2, 6-3 win over India’s Manish Sureshkumar.

Fourth seed Alexandr Binda of Italy survived a tight opening set before subduing Ishaque Eqbal 7-6(11), 6-2;

Local wildcard and world number 43 junior Arnav Paparkar gave a good account of himself before going down to Fifth seed Philip Sekulic of Australia in three sets Paparkar won the first set but Sekulic used his experience to register a 3-6,6-3,6-3 win

The biggest upset of the day saw Timofei Derepasko turn the tables after losing the opening set to knock out third seed Karan Singh in emphatic fashion winning

4-6, 6-3, 6-0;

Sweden’s Leo Borg and second seed Luca Castelnuovo of Switzerland progressed with straight-set wins to enter the last eight

In the doubles quarter finals , top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced with a solid straight-sets win

Local boys and wild cards Anup Bangargi and Nirav Shetty held their nerve in a nail-biting super tie-break to enter the semifinals accounting for the pair of Aditya Balsekar and Vishanu Vardhan 6-3, 4-6, 13-11.

Results: Singles: Second Round:

Florent Bax(1)(Fra) bt Manish Sureshkumar(Ind) 6-2, 6-3;

Sasikumar Mukund(7)(Ind) bt Stijin Pel(Ned) 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-2;

Alexandr Binda(4)(Ita) bt Ishaque Eqbal(Ind) 7-6(11), 6-2;

Sidharth Rawat(Ind) bt Dev Javia(Ind) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4;

Philip Sekulic(5)(Aus) bt (WC)Arnav Paparkar(Ind) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3;

Timofei Derepasko bt Karan Singh(3)(Ind) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0;

Leo Borg(Swe) bt Yurii Dzhavakian(Ukr) 6-2, 6-2;

Luca Castelnuovo(2)(Sui) bt Bekhan Atlangeriev(Rus) 6-3, 6-3;

Doubles: Second Round:

Jeevan Neduncehzhiyan/Ramkumar Ramnathan(Ind)(1) bt Rohan Mehra/Sidharth Rawat(Ind) 6-3, 7-6(7);

Alexandr Binda(Ita)/Timofei Derepasko bt Chirag Duhan/Dev Javia(Ind) 6-3, 6-3;